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Verse 2 Corinthians 12:10. _THEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE_] I not only
_endure_ them _patiently_, but am _pleased_ when they occur; for I do
it _for_ _Christ's sake_-on his account; for on his account I...
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THEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE - Since so many benefits result from trials;
since my afflictions are the occasion of obtaining the favor of Christ
in so eminent a degree, I rejoice in the privilege of suff...
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3. REVELATION IN WHICH HE MIGHT GLORY. HIS APOSTLESHIP.
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Caught up to the Third Heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:1)_
2. The Thorn in the Flesh. (2 Corinthians 12:7)
3. The Marks of His Apos...
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A SPECIAL REVELATION AND ITS SEQUEL. By an account of a great
spiritual experience which he had enjoyed, Paul explains the reason
why he has been called on to suffer, and the Divine interpretation of...
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I must continue to boast. It is not good for me to do so, all the same
I will come to visions and revelations given to me by the Lord. I know
a man in Christ, who, fourteen years ago--whether it was i...
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THE THORN AND THE GRACE (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)...
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REPROACHES. insults. Greek. _hubris._ See Acts 27:10.
DISTRESSES. Greek. _steuachoria._ See 2 Corinthians 6:4.
FOR. SAKE. Greek. _huper._ App-104....
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_in reproaches_ Rather, perhaps, INSULTS.
_in distresses_ See note on ch. 2 Corinthians 6:4.
_for Christ's sake_ This refers to _all_the preceding list of things
endured.
_strong_ Perhaps better, P...
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The Thorn in the Flesh
7. _And lest I should be exalted above measure_ Rather, -lest I should
be TOO MUCH exalted."
_a thorn in the flesh_ See Introduction.
_the messenger of Satan_ Or, AN ANGEL of...
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10. Here also (comp. 2 Corinthians 12:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9) F, Vulg.
(but not f) insert μου after ἀσθενείαις. ἘΝ�
(א3ABCDFGKLP &c.) rather than καὶ� (א, Orig.), but perhaps
ΚΑῚ ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΊΑΙΣ (Bא1) rat...
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_A THORN IN THE FLESH 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10:_ Paul said that one of
Satan's angels was sent to make him suffer terribly. He felt that the
purpose of this was to keep him from becoming conceited. This...
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DISCOURSE: 2044
A SENSE OF WEAKNESS CONDUCIVE TO STRENGTH
2 Corinthians 12:10. _When I am weak, then am I strong_.
THERE are many things in Scripture which appear inconsistent and
contrary to truth....
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FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, &C.— "For when, viewed in my outward state, I
appear weak, then, by the power of Christ, which dwelleth in me, I am
found to be strong....
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Weaknesses in the Body (2 Corinthians 12:1-10
12 I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on
to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2I know a man...
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Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for
when I am weak, then am I strong.
TAKES, PLEASURE IN. Too strongly. R...
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20 Paul's patient and forbearing behavior among them was in striking
contrast to the course of his detractors. They treated the Corinthians
like slaves, while Paul served them like a slave. They devou...
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HIS PRIVILEGES AND TRIALS
The Apostle unwillingly resumes his boasting and tells of a revelation
he received from God; but returns again to dwell on his weaknesses,
and especially on his bodily infir...
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PARAPHRASE. 'And lest I should be uplifted by spiritual pride as the
result of these revelations, a painful bodily weakness—the very work
of Satan—was inflicted upon me. (8) I prayed earnestly for the...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 12
V1 It is not good to be proud. But I need to tell you about *visions
and *revelations of the *Lord. V2 I know a man in...
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THEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFIRMITIES. — The thoughts of the
Apostle go back to the sufferings of which he had spoken fully in 2
Corinthians 11 and elsewhere. One new word is added, “reproaches”
(b...
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διὸ εὐδοκῶ κ. τ. λ.: _wherefore I am well content in_
(for εὐδοκεῖν ἐν _cf._ 2 Samuel 22:20; Matthew 3:17; 1
Corinthians 10:5) _weaknesses, in insults_ (ὕβρις is used for
“injury” to a ship in...
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HIS “THORN IN THE FLESH”....
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THE SECRET OF STRENGTH
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is a sublime phrase- _a man in Christ._ We reach our full stature
only when we are in Him. We are but fragments of manhood until the
true man is formed in...
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The boasting continues. However, it takes on a new and startling
characteristic. In his apostleship there had been something
supernatural, something not to be finally explained. Of this, he will
glory...
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VERSE 10 Lipscomb and Shepherd say "injuries" refer to "wrong
springing from violence, injury, affront, and insult, to which there
are frequent allusions in this epistle" (2 Corinthians 1:17; 2
Corint...
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Therefore I take (k) pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for
when I am weak, then am I strong.
(k) I do not only take them patien...
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A sting of my flesh, [1] an angel, or a messenger of Satan, to buffet
me. The Latin word signifies any thing that pricks or stings, the
Greek word a sharp stick or pale: he speaks by a metaphor, as al...
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2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to the
Corinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strong
contrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
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10._I take pleasure in infirmities _There can be no doubt, that he
employs the term _weakness _in different senses; for he formerly
applied this name to the punctures that he experienced in the flesh....
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Nevertheless, though forced to speak of himself, the apostle would
glory only in his infirmities. But he is, as it were, outside his
natural work. His past life unfolds before his eyes. The Corinthian...
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THEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFIRMITIES,.... Not in them simply
considered, but as they were made use of to his advantage, for the
exercise of his grace, and for his more abundant consolation; and
es...
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Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for
when I am weak, then am I strong.
Ver. 10. _Therefore I take pleasure_]...
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_For this thing I besought the Lord thrice_ All kinds of affliction
had befallen the apostle, yet none of these did he deprecate. But here
he speaks of his thorn in the flesh, as above all the rest on...
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TAKE PLEASURE IN INFIRMITIES; on account of the good which they
occasion.
WEAK; in myself.
STRONG; in Christ. Pride is so natural and strong even in Christians,
and the bestowment on them of special...
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Unusual tribulations:...
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THEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFIRMITIES, IN REPROACHES, IN
NECESSITIES, IN PERSECUTIONS, IN DISTRESSES FOR CHRIST'S SAKE; FOR
WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN AM I STRONG.
Paul implies that there are other matte...
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If in chapter 11 we have seen God's grace in sustaining the vessel
through all adversity, Paul now speaks of the other side of this, the
grace which gives unspeakable blessedness in being "caught up...
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7-10 The apostle gives an account of the method God took to keep him
humble, and to prevent his being lifted up above measure, on account
of the visions and revelations he had. We are not told what t...
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Amongst other reasons why I rather choose to glory in what I suffer
for Christ, (which is what he here calleth INFIRMITIES, and further
openeth by REPROACHES, NECESSITIES, PERSECUTIONS, and DISTRESSES...
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Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities,
in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak,
then am I strong. [God so orders it that the times of my we...
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Tertullian Scorpiace
And if these severities will seem to be more grievous than martyrdoms,
yet once more he says: "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecu...
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2 Corinthians 12:10 Therefore G1352 pleasure G2106 (G5719) in G1722
infirmities G769 in G1722 reproaches G5196 in...
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HE GLORIES IN WONDROUS EXPERIENCES, DREADFUL WEAKNESS AND THE
MANIFESTATION OF MIRACLES, IN ALL OF WHICH HE IS A MATCH FOR HIS
OPPONENTS (2 CORINTHIANS 12:1)
Having stressed the differences between hi...
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‘Wherefore I take pleasure (‘gladly boast') in weaknesses: in
injuries (or ‘insults'), in necessary hardships, in persecutions, in
distresses, for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong.'...
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2 Corinthians 12:10. WHEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE (‘I am well
contented') IN WEAKNESSES, IN INJURIES... FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. The sense
is, not ‘injuries endured for Christ's sake,' but ‘I take pleasure
in...
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WHEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE
(διο ευδοκω). For this noble word see on Matthew 3:17; 2
Corinthians 5:8. The enemies of Paul will have a hard time now in
making Paul unhappy by persecutions even unto dea...
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2 Corinthians 12:10
Strength in Weakness.
I. What was it that caused the heart of St. Paul to overflow in this
now familiar paradox? It was some special personal temptation of a
very painful kind, wh...
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CONTENTS: God's dealing with Paul.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Satan.
CONCLUSION: The exalted experiences of the Spirit-filled Christian
overbalance all he is called upon to be...
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2 Corinthians 12:1. _It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I
will come to visions and revelations of the Lord._ To disclosures of
the divine pleasure, which cannot be known by any researches...
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I AM CONTENT. He can be content, because it is all for Christ's
sake!!! His weakness, etc., all work out to a more successful
ministry!!! Compare Philippians 4:13....
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT.
Paul says that God’s grace “is sufficient” (in the present
tense). This emphasizes the constant availability of God’s grace,
for Paul a...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Because his opponents boast
in their spiritual experiences as well as in their ethnic identity,
Paul is also forced to boast, however foolishly, in his own vis...
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CHAPTER 12
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. That the Corinthians may esteem him above the false apostles, he
describes his being carried up into the third heaven.
II. He goes on to say (ver. 7) that to p...
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_Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities._ Not because they are
desirable in themselves, but in so far as through them the power of
Christ is perfected. He then goes on, as I said before, to mention...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
(_No break, except that of a new paragraph_.)
2 Corinthians 12:1.—Note _reading;_ probably, as in R.V. Remember
how full is Paul’s sense of “_expedient_” (1 Corinthians 6:12;...
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EXPOSITION
The revelations vouchsafed to him (2 Corinthians 12:1). The
counteracting "thorn in the flesh" (2 Corinthians 12:7). One more
apology for glorying (2 Corinthians 12:11
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It is not expedient [necessary] for me doubtless to glory. [But] I
will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in
Christ above [about] fourteen years ago (2 Corinthians 12:1-2),
Or...
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1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Peter 4:
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Weaknesses — Whether proceeding from Satan or men. For when I am
weak — Deeply conscious of my weakness, then does the strength of
Christ rest upon me....
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Observe here, 1. The high and heroic pitch which St. Paul's spirit was
raised to: HE TOOK PLEASURE IN REPROACHES AND PERSECUTIONS. Pleasure
is. degree beyond joy; though these sufferings were painful...